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Is height really as important as we think?

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173to187USTORUSSIA
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 4:02 am
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I've had a thought running through my head over the past two days. That thought is this: Is height really as important as we all believe it is? Why else would we be obsessed with it:

One part of me tells me that their is no way height is that important, that it's all an illusion. Height is just another excuse for why I'm not where I want to be in life.

The other part of me who is fundamentally aware of social nuances and has life experience is screaming in the back of my head. "YES IT IS DUMMY. HEIGHT IS ABSOLUTELY THIS IMPORTANT

Its hilarious and funny and stupid that its important and people would judge you and perceive you based on something so asinine as your vertical length. But the truth is the truth and we need to accept reality as it is.

I guess I'm having a crisis of faith at the moment. There's a part of me that says "all this is a mental illness", " you just need to work on your personality, bank account and money", "this won't fix you."

Limb lengthening surgery won't "fix" your life, its true. But pretending that humans don't treat other people based off the way we look is the height of delusion.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 4:39 am
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The shorter you are, the more important it is.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 4:42 am
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Quote from: Audous on January 29, 2022, 04:39:18 AMThe shorter you are, the more important it is.
Well said. I gotta collect it as one of the top 10 mottos about life
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 4:48 am
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At moments before I was thinking having Leukemia or quadriplegia is better than being short so in my shoes the answer is pretty self-explained and that's why I plunged into LL after I realized the cruelty of height.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 6:02 am
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Reading this kind of remind me of this quote :
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality"
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 8:43 pm
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Quote from: Mulholland Dr on January 29, 2022, 04:42:41 AMWell said. I gotta collect it as one of the top 10 mottos about life

I also heard "the taller you are, the less important it is" from a student before. Some taller people might don't care because it's not a barrier to their lives.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 9:03 pm
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I’d say that height is important, but it’s not anywhere near as important as other aspects of your looks (face, frame, hair, etc.). The only place where this doesn’t hold true is of you’re below average height (let’s say 5’9-5’10 in most of the West), and every inch you are below average height, the worse off you’ll be. But certainly, once you reach something like 5’11, height really isn’t much of a factor in your dating and professional life; anything beyond that is really just a bonus.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 9:21 pm
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Quote from: ReadRothbard on January 29, 2022, 09:03:21 PMI’d say that height is important, but it’s not anywhere near as important as other aspects of your looks (face, frame, hair, etc.). The only place where this doesn’t hold true is of you’re below average height (let’s say 5’9-5’10 in most of the West), and every inch you are below average height, the worse off you’ll be. But certainly, once you reach something like 5’11, height really isn’t much of a factor in your dating and professional life; anything beyond that is really just a bonus.

I know what you mean. But it definitely hurts to people who are short but very skilled. They probably don't get paid equally even they contribute a lot in their works.
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 9:22 pm
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Quote from: ReadRothbard on January 29, 2022, 09:03:21 PMI’d say that height is important, but it’s not anywhere near as important as other aspects of your looks (face, frame, hair, etc.). The only place where this doesn’t hold true is of you’re below average height (let’s say 5’9-5’10 in most of the West), and every inch you are below average height, the worse off you’ll be. But certainly, once you reach something like 5’11, height really isn’t much of a factor in your dating and professional life; anything beyond that is really just a bonus.
Accurate
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Posted on Jan 29, 2022, 9:50 pm
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Quote from: ilovescience on January 29, 2022, 09:21:54 PMI know what you mean. But it definitely hurts to people who are short but very skilled. They probably don't get paid equally even they contribute a lot in their works.

I agree, but that's why I say it's only a significant problem if you're below 5'10 in the West. Of course, the shorter you are below that (for the West), the more your difficulties will exponentially increase.
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